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At the foot of Helan Mountain and on the east bank of the Yellow River, Li Chao established six cities, Dingyuan, Huaiyuan, Anyuan, Lingwu, Feng'an and Xin'an from the north to the south. On the east bank of the Yellow River, four cities of Taole, Huile, Mingsha and Anle were established.

The Zhoucheng in Lingzhou returns to Lecheng, and is only fifty miles away from Lingwu City, the second largest city in Xitao.

Li Chao set up twenty military palaces around these ten cities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The fields of the soldiers and the soldiers of the palace were all divided, and they sent letters back to Guanzhong. The fastest-speed soldiers of the government had arrived.

The second batch of 30,000 soldiers who were supposed to arrive had finally arrived in Lingzhou. However, it was not the 30,000 soldiers in Guanzhong that he had agreed to, but was drawn from Henan, Shandong, and Shannan West. Half of the soldiers and half of them were civilians.

"I came a little late, but it's good that I came. We still need the brothers from Zhongyuan very much." Li Chao was very satisfied with the arrival of these 30,000 people. After all, these are all their own people, which are much more credible than the surrendered army. On the surface, Li Chao treated these surrendered army equally, but in secret, they were actually always guarding against them.

Now that his own people are coming, the Tang army, who has only 20,000 people in total, breathes a sigh of relief.

"These 30,000 people were all selected and registered as government soldiers, and they were divided into land and granted land in various places that were captured by Yanxia Youyan Sui Yinshengfeng Prefectures."

No matter who was the military soldier and the civilians before these people came, since they came to Lingzhou and Shuofang, Li Chao planned to all of them to be granted the military status of the military soldier, and to allocate land to them, so that they could station in various prefectures and counties.

The existing irrigated land of the Western Tak has been divided, and the soldiers cannot be stationed in Lingzhou. Therefore, Li Chao directly assigned these newly arrived 30,000 soldiers to the newly captured states, so that they could strengthen the defenses of various places. At the same time, with these prefectures as the main force, a new military prefecture was established in each state.

Thirty thousand soldiers from the palace came, the merchants also came, and many families of soldiers from the palace began to come.

On the Xitaka Plain, there was a bustling scene.

"The Turks have not made any noise. Are they holding on to their ultimate moves?" Yanei Niu Jianhu asked Li Chao.

Li Chao was looking at the sand table. After the efforts of scouts and craftsmen, the sand table has become more and more accurate and detailed. Recently, the Turks did not make any noise. The Tang army has been conquering Lingzhou for more than a month. In the past month, the Tang army has swept across Shuofang, leaving only one Dongtao Plain that has not been taken down.

However, Fengzhou with the back trap, Shengzhou with the front trap, and the southern part of the south have been seized by the Tang army.

But even so, the Turks still didn't move.

This kind of tranquility is more like a sign before a storm.

Anyway, Li Chao didn't believe that the Turks had been beaten to death by him, after all, the Turks were almost completely injured.

But in Lingzhou, in Dingyuan City, the northernmost part of Li Chao, there were 20,000 soldiers and horses. The rangers sent all the way to the Wuhai area in later generations, but no movement from the Turks was found.

Not only did the Turks not go south, they even had no movement to mobilize their troops on a large scale.

This is very abnormal.

To be honest, even Li Chao can't figure out what the Turkic people mean now.

The yamen are all aware of the military commander Su Dingfang, because he is both a disciple of Li Chao and a commander of the Ya Bing, he is called the Young Marshal in the army. He also has his own understanding of the situation in front of him.

"I thought the Turks were unexpected at first, but they didn't expect that we would suddenly send troops in March and take the initiative to attack Liang Shidu. This was something they never expected. And they didn't expect that we could take Lingzhou so quickly. As for the Turks, they hurriedly retreated, which shows that. As for the Turks, they have not made any movement since then, I think it is indeed abnormal. The biggest possibility is that the Turks are not prepared. They may have not yet thought about whether to go to war with us because we destroyed Liang Shidu."

"The Turks are not afraid of us, their strength is stronger than us." Li Chao did not have excessive confidence.

"The Turks may have been waiting for the autumn to go south when their horses are fat. Now it has entered early summer. The Yellow River water rises and the rainy season begins. The Turks' horses are still very thin."

"Maybe."

Su Dingfang walked to the sand table and pointed to the area surrounded by three mountains in the north of Dingyuan, which was Wuhai City in later generations.

"Master, this place is only 200 miles away from Dingyuan. The east and north are bounded by Gandel Mountain and Henan Platform. The south and Dingyuan are across the river. It is surrounded by three mountains and flows through one water. It is only 300 miles away from Fengzhou. It can be said to be an important passage between guarding Ling and Feng. This place of victory is a battle for military strategists. Since the Turks have not yet moved and we have already taken a firm foothold in Shuofang, I think we can now send troops to occupy this place immediately, build a fortress here, and garrison troops."

Between the Xitaka Plain and the Dongtaka Plain, there is a five hundred miles between the Ulanbuhe Desert to the west and the Ordos Platform to the east. It can only be connected by the Yellow River water transport or along the roads by the Yellow River.

Wuhai is a must-pass place between the two places, especially the terrain here, with three mountains surrounding one water, and there is a lot of danger here to guard on the terrain.

If the Tang army defeated the place, it would be equivalent to taking down the north gate of the Xitau Plain.

Wuhai, Wujin Sea, the most famous one here in later generations is the coal resources here. High-quality coal, iron ore and reserves are all extremely amazing.

Well, there is also a sea and Wuhai Lake. Due to the terrain, the Yellow River accumulates into a large lake here, with a capacity of more than 100 square kilometers, nearly twenty times that of West Lake.

It is a good place to stay by mountains and rivers, rivers and lakes. What's more, there are coal mines and iron ore, which are both large minerals. Coal can be mined to make coke, and coke can be used to make iron ore smelting and steel.

Steel is not only extremely important in later generations, but also even more important at this time.

If some hydraulic workshops are built by the Yellow River and some hydraulic forging hammers, wouldn’t we be able to produce a large amount of iron armor and iron tools? Not to mention the production of plate armor, even if it is to produce agricultural tools such as rakes and plows, this will be extremely important for the expansion and development of the Hetao Plain in the future.

"Master General, the last general requested an order and was willing to capture this important place." Su Dingfang asked for a fight.

"This place is indeed important. If Tianyu doesn't take it, it's unreasonable. I decided to go there in person!"

Li Chao didn't want to compete for merit. He was the great general. No matter who had the credit, he would have a share. However, the Turks had not been moved, and Li Chao did not dare to be careless. In addition, he also wanted to go there to take a look and explore minerals such as coal, iron and other minerals. If possible, he also wanted to start mining, coal, smelting, and steelmaking as soon as possible.

"Here, I will be named Ningyuan."

Li Chao picked up a small red flag and inserted it to Wuhai, right next to the big lake, among the three mountains.

After I decided to personally lead the troops to fight, there were many things to do next, but it was not chaotic. There were detailed regulations and specific affairs in the Shuofang Town Army, and everyone was responsible for the orders of the specific affairs. Torch troops, reorganize the troops, transfer weapons, transport food and grass, and even formulate marching routes, set up combat plans, etc.

This army has been marked by Li Chao, and it is about making plans and making sufficient preparations.

noon.

Li Chao had a meal in a restaurant run by a Western Region merchant in the city, which was also considered an investigation into the people's market.

This restaurant is very interesting. There are a few signature delicacies in their store, including hand-catch mutton rice, large plate of chicken, grilled eggs, red willow kebabs, raisin pilaf, and grilled buns.

These exotic foods are really attractive.

Whether it is the golden, fragrant, crispy roasted lamb or the oily hand-pickled rice, it is very popular.

The extra-large skewers of barbecue made of red willow branches are at least half a pound of each skewer, which is a real conscience skewer.

However, what Li Chao likes more is the baked buns and baked eggs from this store.

Baked buns are made of lamb leg meat, with carrots, lamb oil and other ingredients added, wrapped in a large crust with flour, and placed on the fire to slowly roast. When baking until golden and crispy outside, then served. When eating, do not eat directly, but use a knife to open the buns horizontally, lift the cover to reveal the filling with fragrant and juicy filling inside. Cut the crispy bun skin, pick up the chopsticks and juicy lamb filling, and you can't stop eating them.

"Master, this roasted egg is really interesting. These people can really think of everything." Niu Jianhu chose a few eggs, and the Hu guy took the eggs over and buried them in the charcoal ash.

When roasting eggs, it is actually simmering. Cover the outside of the roasted charcoal with cold charcoal ash, so that the heat is not big, and the eggs will burst when big. It will not be small, and it will not be roasted when small. It is just right for hot charcoal to be added to cold charcoal ash.

"Give me a three-point familiar one!" After Yuchi Baolin chose the egg, she still shouted at a beard who was burying the eggs there.

The business of this egg roasting restaurant is booming, and Li Chao thinks half of the credit is the roasted egg beard in this restaurant. The Hu boss of this restaurant is very business-minded and has made several beautiful young beards to roast eggs here.

The shopkeeper Hu came with an apron tied in his apron, nodded and lowered his waist to Li Chao.

"I wonder what egg the coach wants, how mature it is?"

There are many kinds of roasted eggs in this restaurant, including eggs, ducks, eggs, goose eggs, and various bird eggs. They are rare and fresh. The eggs can be chosen by customers. When you look at the candlelight, the red ones inside are fresh eggs. If they are black, they are bad guys.

"Baske two eggs, let's cook it in seven minutes."

The roosters who roast eggs are very skillful in craftsmanship and can accurately grasp the fire and time according to the customer's preferences. If you want a little bit of cooked, you can cook it a little bit. If you want a little bit of cooked, the egg yolks are generally alive and you can drink it directly.

Li Chao would rather cook a little, peel off some egg shells, eat some egg greens, and then sprinkle some cumin, salt and so on the egg yolk greens. The seasonings prepared in this store are also a big selling point, which is quite unique. Sprinkle a little seasoning and the taste is even better.

The Hu boss smiled and stepped back. Li Chao sat in a small but very clean store, very satisfied. More and more merchants came, including many Hu merchants like this store owner.

Some of these Hu merchants are businessmen, but some people came and saw that it was lively here, so they stopped here, rented shops here, opened business here, and became businessmen.

"Eat less eggs. Eating too much is not good for your health." Li Chao said to Cheng Chumo who ordered ten eggs in one breath.

Li Gan joked with Cheng Chuan, "Some people are drunk but not wine. Do you really think that he is here for the eggs here. Someone ordered ten eggs, just to chat with the roasted eggs more."

Cheng Chumo laughed, "Isn't this shop asking Hu Ji to roast eggs just to use this to attract some business? What does it have to do with his Hu Ji?"

Li Chao gave Cheng Chumo a thumbs up.

"Chumo is good. You dare to act and behave. Just look at Hu Ji. What's the point? I'm here to eat roasted eggs and I'm willing to look at this beautiful roasted egg girl!"

"Master, you won't really like the little girl roasted eggs here, right? Could it be that my sister-in-law is in Beijing, and you are no longer by your side, Dashun is lonely? Which one do you like? Let's talk to you, I believe that the girl Hu Ji will definitely be willing to go with you, and the shopkeeper will be very happy."
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